Stratasys, Minneapolis, announces that Siemens Mobiity has installed two Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D printers at facilities in St. Petersburg and Moscow to support a business win for Siemens Mobility to build 13 additional high-speed Velaro trains for Russian train company RZD. The contract includes an agreement to maintain and service the trains for the next 30 years.
The two Fortus 450mc 3D Printers enable Siemens Mobility Russia to transform its maintenance operations. Leveraging Siemens Mobility’s rail domain knowledge and Stratasys printers, the team is able to rapidly and cost-effectively 3D print rail replacement parts on-demand. The investment marks the start of Siemens Mobility’s ‘Easy Sparovation Part’ network in Russia, which aims to optimize services using 3D printing and a digital inventory of original train parts, facilitating the in-house replacement and production of spare vehicle components.
Dedicated to servicing the existing 16 and additional 13 planned trains for the next 30 years, Siemens Mobility Russia is working with more than 99% fleet availability record. By storing all part data online, Siemens Mobility can access and replace older or newer train parts ad-hoc to meet stringent time limits.
“Stratasys’ FDM 3D printers give us the capability to cost-effectively produce the parts in-house, partially eliminating the need for warehousing or tools for a selected range of items,” said Alexey Fedoseev, Head of Customer Services, Siemens Mobility Russia. “We have already seen the success of the Siemens Mobility ‘Easy Sparovation Part’ business in Germany, where this technology has provided us time-per-part savings of up to 95% compared to traditional manufacturing methods.”
